[postgis-users] Error while importing data

[Markus Schaber]

Hi, Nigel,

strk at refractions.net schrieb:

>>would this affect mapserver btw? I'm up to try and experiment anything,
>>and help where I can.
> About mapserver you shouldn't have any problem as all geometries are
> converted to 2d before parsing anyway, I don't think it uses
> the 'dimension' field of geometry_columns at all.

For mapserver, it could even benefit if you run your geometries through
force_2d in an update, and then VACUUM FULL ANALYZE the table. This way
you avoid reading and transmitting the data to mapserver only to have it
thrown away there.

Markus